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How to Manage Patient Flow
Patient flow is a major concern in many doctors' offices, medical labs and urgent care facilities. How quickly patients are served is key to keeping any office running smoothly and on time. Many...
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Common Nursing Phrases for Patient Care
When you visit a sick relative or friend in hospital you will no doubt hear a lot of medical phrases and terms that you don't understand. Nursing words and abbreviations like CVP, Chest PT, Halo and...
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How to File Complaints to Duke Medical Center
According to its website, Duke University Hospital in Durham, North Carolina is recognized as one of the world's best hospitals by magazines such as "Time" and "U.S. News & World Report." The...
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The Objectives of a Bedside Report
Bedside reporting is the wave of the future in hospitals today. It is highly recommended by nursing experts as the best way to ensure a safe and effective hand off of information from one nurse to...
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How to Calculate Intake Volume
Recording intake and output is of a vital importance in a hospital setting. It is a very sensitive tool to determine how a patient is doing. Intake and output can let a nurse know how the kidneys and...
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What Are the Advantages & Disadvantages in Electronic Charting?
Electronic charting is the wave of the future. There will be a computer at every bedside, and every nurse will type her notes. Electronic charting has some distinct advantages over paper charting, but...
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The Advantages of Head-to-Toe Assessment
The basic assessment all nurses are taught is the head-to-toe assessment. There are many advantages to this approach to assessing patients, and not many disadvantages. It keeps a nurse organized,...
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How to Find Someone in an ICU
If you receive news that someone you know has been admitted to a hospital's Intensive Care Unit, your emotions may get the best of you, and you will probably want to contact the person immediately....
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How to Improve Nursing Communication With Reports to Other Units
When a patient has an x-ray, surgery or other test scheduled, his primary nurse calls in a report to the nurse that will take care of the patient during the procedure. The nurse gives report in advance...
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How to Delegate Nurse Functions
It takes some time as a new registered nurse to learn how to delegate. At first, a new nurse wants to do it all. It is hard to ask someone else to do something for your patient, but as experience...
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How to Measure Hand Hygiene Adherence & Overcome the Challenges
Hand hygiene, a term used in health care settings that refers to cleaning hands with soap and water or antiseptics, is the best way to prevent infections in hospitals and other health care facilities...
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Nursing Tips for Dealing With an Aggressive Patient
Patients come in all shapes and sizes, and sometimes they can be aggressive. Whether they are mentally ill, intoxicated or angry, the challenge remains the same. A nurse has to keep her wits about her...
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Reasons for a Low WBC
A low white blood cell count, or WBC, can lead to a very serious infection. Patients who are at risk of developing a low count have to be careful to stay away from any possible sources of bacteria and...
View ArticleThe Long-Term Effects of Artificial Ventilation
In times of emergency, artificial ventilation is a life saver. It is a procedure in which a doctor puts a tube, called an endotracheal tube, down a patient's windpipe and connects him to a ventilator....
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How to Teach New Nursing Assistants How to Provide Basic Care
Equip new nursing assistants with the skills and confidence they need to carry out good basic care of patients. Teach them how to deal with hygiene needs, how to prevent pressure sores and how to...
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Characteristics of a Decentralized Nursing Unit
Decentralized nursing units lack a formal hub where nurses gather to discuss patients and gather supplies, instead spreading the nursing stations throughout the hospital. These decentralized nursing...
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Principles of a Sound Drug Formulary System
National organizations representing government, health care professionals and business leaders formed a coalition in 1999. It set out to provide a set of principles that would enable health care...
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Nursing and NICU Evacuation Activities
When a mother gives birth to a new baby, she probably does not expect to have her baby need the services of a neonatal intensive care unit, or NICU. Even more rare would be the necessity to evacuate...
View ArticleThe Difference Between Negative or Positive Air Room Pressure
Air pressure in a room is influenced by whether air can enter and leave a room through gaps around windows, above and under doors, around light fixtures and electrical outlets as well as through open...
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What Are Radiographic Cassettes?
Radiographic cassettes are the plastic covers that hold X-ray film. Starting around 1948 the cassette was tweaked and improved upon in order to find the best combination of absorption time and clearest...
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